Casing for light-fixture stems.



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909,405. Patented Jan.12,1909-.

WITNESSES:

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PHILIP J. HANDEL, OFMERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed March 9,1808. Serial No. 419,865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, PHILIP J. IIIANDEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Meriden, in the county of New-Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Casings for Light-Fixture Stems, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a casing for the supporting stems of light fix: tures of inexpensive and sim le construction and one which can be readi y put in place.

Light fixtures adapted for use either with gas or electricity have 'heretoi'ore usually een supported on a tubular stem which provides a conduit for the gas and also for the electric .wires. Fixtures designed solely for the use of electricity are often hung on supports of fanciful design; for instance, in some cases the electric Wires are woven in and out of the links of the chain in order to conceal them as much as possible.

The tubular stem is the preferable form of suspension'for light fixtures as by its use either gas or electricity, or both, may be utilized and the electric wires are well protected and concealed. The object of my invention is to provide such a tubular stem with acasing which will give the stem a pleasing appearance or a fanciful shape, my casing being so constructedthat it can be readily applied to a fixture either after or before it is put up.

In the drawing'sl igure 1 is a general view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail of one of the links. same. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 5 is a view of a modification. Fi 6 is a Fig. 7 is a bottom View of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the parts of the modified My casing is made up of a series of detached sections located end on end, one above another, an aperture extending down through said sections from top to bottom of the ser es to receive the tubular stem.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings the casing gives the appears we of a chain; each link is made separate i'.om each other link. In the form of Fig. 3 is a top view of the 4, at each end thereof, and

the device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, the linlis a are made solid and have hubs b b at top and bottom which are pierced to fit about the tubular stem. Onfone end of each link there is a pro'ecting lug c and at the opposite end a recess The lug on one link fits into the reees's in the other link so as to hold the links in a fixed relation to one another. As shown the lugs and recesses are uartered with respect to one another so '0 at when several links are placed end on end the casing takes the ap earance of a chainwhose links are arranged at right angles to oneahother.

As seen in Figs. 5 to 8, each link is made in two se arate parts, 1, 2, each part having an inwar ly extending bifureate pins 5 on one of the projections which take into recesses 6 in the other projection. When these two parts are brou ht together, asshown in Fig. 8, they have the appearance of a solid link with end hubs pierced. to receive the tubular stern. Such a construction as will be readily apparent. can be applied to a fixture already in 1place.

l. A casing for the supporting stems of light fixtures comprising a series of detached members arranged one above another and having an aperture extending through .said members from top to bottom of said series to receive said stem, each of said members being formed in two parts, and interengaging devices on said arts.

2. A casing or the supporting stems of light fixtures comprising a series of detached members arranged one above another, each of said members being formed in two parts, bifurcated projections from each end of each of'said parts forming an aperture extending .through said members from top to bottom oi said series to receive said stem, said parts being provided with interengaging devices.

3. A casing for the supporting stems of' light fixtures comprising a series of detached links arranged one above another and each having a hub at each end for the passage of the stem, one of the-hubs of each link being provided'with a vertically extending pin and the other of the hubs of each link being eprojection 3,

vided with a recess said pins and recesses hub for the passage of the stem, said hubs ex- 10 constituting interengaging means for the tending at right angles with respect to the send llIlkS. Iv body portion of said arms, and interengaging 1i g casing for the supporting stemsh 05 means between said members on said hubs g t Xtures comprising a series of detac e T members arranged one above another and PHILIP HABDEL' each consisting of a pair of vertically extend- W itrresses: I

ing arms formed integrally at their top and H. W. KINGsLEY,

bottom with means to constitute an annular M. T. GALLIVAie 

